Singularity (Star Carrier, Book 3)
By (Author) Ian Douglas
Book 3
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperVoyager
4th December 2012
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
813.6
Paperback
400
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 24mm
280g
The third book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendence
There is an unseen power in the universea terrible force that was dominating the galaxy tens of thousands of years before the warlike Sh'daar were even aware of the existence of Sol and its planets.
As humankind approaches the Singularity, when transcendence will be achieved through technology, contact will be made.
In the wake of the near destruction of the solar system, the political powers on Earth seek a separate peace with an inscrutable alien life form that no one has ever seen. But Admiral Alexander Koenig, the hero of Alphekka, has gone rogue, launching his fabled battlegroup beyond the boundaries of Human Space against all orders. With Confederation warships in hot pursuit, Koenig is taking the war for humankinds survival directly to a mysterious omnipotent enemy.
Douglas knows his SF
Publishers Weekly
The action is full-blooded and almost non stop, yet the well-developed background is surprisingly rich and logical As immersive as it is impressive
Kirkus (Starred Review)
Ian Douglas is the New York Times bestselling author of the popular military science fiction series The Heritage Trilogy, The Legacy Trilogy, The Inheritance Trilogy, The Star Corpsman, and the ongoing Star Carrier series. A former naval corpsman, he lives in Pennsylvania.